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THE INFLATION KILLS

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THE INFLATION KILLS

After less than ONE year, the The Inflation Kills made the trek to Chicago, Illinois, to track their growing album with producer-ex-HUM-member Matt Talbott. The band spent 4 days at Steve Albini’s Electrical Audio, and 3 days in Great Western Record Recorders, Matt’s own studio, where veterans Shiner had tracked The Egg. The end result is a snapshot of dirty harmonies, gracefully delicate dissonance, and triumphant melodies.

Following one Eastern tour, one cross-Canada tour, and handfuls of Ontario dates in between, the band hauled their gear into the sweaty Sonic Unyon attic to again record where Frank Black had spilled sweat, Broken Social Scene had practiced their dirty rock and roll orgy, where even CONVERGE had slain many a kid... All for an unreleased demo that was intended to capture the dynamic magic of the dank attic... fuck it.

Pre-Production has begun on a NEW ALBUM that will be tracked by emerging Toronto sound guru Ryan Mills, better known as the man who sold 20hz. Oh yeah, and that guy who did sound for The Most Serene Republic and Caribou. Who knows how it'll turn out? Loud. That's my guess. Oh yeah, we've played with a bunch of bands that we like; The Constantines, Contrived, Wintersleep, Sylvie, From Fiction, Despistado, The Sourkeys, Dirty Tricks, Uncut, Sailboats Are White, Cities In Dust, etc... all bands liable to be on a bigger label than us, some who will sell less records, never tour, some who will see parts of the world we can only dream of. all of which deserve everything they have coming to them!

Here's what "THE PRESS" scribbled about THE INFLATION KILLS' s/t debut:

"Think of it as noise rock for pop fans." (Exclaim!)"Choppy guitar rock A li’l menacing and yet nicely melodic." (VUEweekly) "Unpredictable gaps, pauses, and dynamic melody shifts that keep you guessing at every turn" (THE SPILL)"...On only the second listen, I'm hooked." (INDIEVILLE)

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/11/2005
Band Website: tiktoktiktok.com
Band Members: Williams, Fleming, Daleo, Murchison
Influences: The Police. Drive Like Jehu. Rodan. Jimmy Eat World. June of 44. Hum. Slint. Shipping News. Hot Snakes. Sonic Youth. Directions in Music. Don Caballero. Battles. Damon Che. Ian Williams. Nick Drake. Pavement. Weezer. Classical Music from Everywhere. Threnody Ensemble. Thingy. Heavy Vegetable. Faraquet. Pee. The Strokes. CCR. BTO. ZZ TOP. the Jealous Sound. Mark Trombino. Shellac. Aerial M. Rocket from the Crypt. The Constantines. Gaffer. kitchens & bathrooms. The Sourkeys. The Vermicious Knid. Contrived. Wintersleep. Jon Epworth. Converge. Ativin. Early Day Miners. Songs: Ohia. OXES. The Rolling Stones. polvo, slint, godspeed you black emperor! ,mogwai ,june of 44, the sonora pine, don cab,blonde redhead,black sabbath, king crimson, joy division,trans am, neutral milk hotel, my bloody valentine, fugazi, gospel, nation of ulysses, wire, the rolling stones, the rachels, butterglory, the thermals, the replacements, iggy and the stooges, uzeda, bellini, mike watt, dinosaur jr., archers of loaf, breadwinner, explosions in the sky, the decemberists,The Kinks, Bob Dylan, You Am I, The Small Faces, Metric, The Sadies, Johnny Thunders, The Who, The Stone Roses, Marvin Gaye, The Beatles, Johnny Cash, The Apples In Stereo, The Thrills, The Byrds, Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Elliott Smith, Interpol, Shivaree, Otis Redding, Paul Westerberg, Sloan, Rockfour, Franz Ferdinand, Big Star, The Band, John Coltrane, Phantom Planet, James Brown, Joel Plaskett Emergency, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Lhasa, The Jam, The Hives, Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones, Manic Street Preachers, Ambulance Ltd., The Zombies, Miles Davis, The Clash, Rooney, Stereolab, Sons & Daughters, Air, Death From Above 1979, Rufus Wainwright, Rogue Wave, The Killers, Neil Hamburger, The Stills, Superchunk, Weezer, Stars, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Velvet Underground, Ween, The Smiths, Joe Jackson, The Pretty Things, The Shins, Lester Bangs, the wrens, oxes, the fucking champs, talking heads, nick cave, unwound, the constantines, hot snakes, godheadsilo, enemymine, lightning bolt,ohn Coltrane , Alice Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Miles Davis, Ravi Shankar, My Bloody Valentine, Boards of Canada, Fridge, Yo La Tengo, DJ Spooky, Roni Size, Sonic Youth, Medeski Martin And Wood, Phillip Glass, Fourtet, NEU!, Kraftwerk, Stereolab, Beck, Air, The Sea and Cake, Sonny Rollins, Amon Tobin, Pharoah Sanders, Curve, Lush, medicine, Slowdive, Primal scream, Mogwai,NIN, Leo Kottke, Lee Ranaldo, Janes Addiction, The Kinks,The Cure, Joy Division,R.E.M.,Yes, Luscious Jackson, Live, Duran Duran ,Smashing Pumpkins, Slint, Ride, Tortoise, Brian Eno, David Bowie, Mix Master Mike, John Frusciante, The Pixies, Slowdive, Jimi Hendrix, Aphex Twin, The Beach Boys, The beastie boys, The Cocteau Twins, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Thelonious Monk, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimmie Lee Vaughn, Sander Kleinenberg, Pearl Jam, Phish, M83,Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, Ministry, Bruce Springsteen, The Folk Implosion, The Blues Explosion, Albert King, Albert Collins, Robert Johnson, Leadbelly,The Chemical Brothers,The Grateful Dead, Mr. Bungle, Nirvana, Cornelius, Vivaldi,Jorge Ben, George Harrison, Skinny Puppy, Mazzy Star,Sun Ra, Jean Michell Jarre,Tito Puente, Radiohead, Bjork, The Velvet UnderGround, The Allman Brothers,Death in Vegas, Plaid,The Byrds, Monade, Cibo matto, The Who, The Talking Heads , Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jimmy Smith, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Ry Cooder, Morphine, Art Pepper, The Rolling Stones, The Flaming Lips, Led Zeppelin, DJ Shadow, Brian Wilson, Buddy Guy, Tony Williams, Medicine, Clouddead, Vashti Bunyan, Nick Drake, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Lou Reed, Ray Charles, Africa Bambatta, Negativland, Porno for Pyros, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, The Beatles, The Doors, the Moody Blues, Rashan Rolan Kirk, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Al Di Meola, Grant Green, Pat Martino, John Mclaughlin, Martin Denny, Underworld,Stan Getz, Zwan, Frank Zappa, Lynyrd Skynrd ,Colman Hawkins, the monks, prince, the velvet underground, the shins, the beach boys, nels cline, eric's trip, roxy music, royal city, broken social scene CCR. BTO. ZZ TOP. GNFNR. GBV. GVSB. LOL. ROTFL. PS. FU. OK. CUL8R.
Sounds Like: The Police. Drive Like Jehu. Rodan. Jimmy Eat World. June of 44. Hum. Slint. Shipping News. Hot Snakes. Sonic Youth. Directions in Music. Don Caballero. Battles. Damon Che. Ian Williams. Nick Drake. Pavement. Weezer. Classical Music from Everywhere. Threnody Ensemble. Thingy. Heavy Vegetable. Faraquet. Pee. The Strokes. CCR. BTO. ZZ TOP. the Jealous Sound. Mark Trombino. Shellac. Aerial M. Rocket from the Crypt. The Constantines. Gaffer. kitchens & bathrooms. The Sourkeys. The Vermicious Knid. Contrived. Wintersleep. Jon Epworth. Converge. Ativin. Early Day Miners. Songs: Ohia. OXES. The Rolling Stones. GNFNR. GBV. GVSB. LOL. ROTFL. PS. FU. OK. CUL8R. now we are searchable for 1994-7.
Record Label: TikTokTikTok MUSIC!
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

OKAY?!?!?

Hello everyone who cares.It has been too long.We will return soon.I have been learning how to be a teacher,but we HAVE to get this new record out soon.Let's say fall......
Posted by THE INFLATION KILLS on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:23:00 PST

CBC SESSION - NOW ONLINE!

http://radio3.cbc.ca/concerts/The-Inflation-Kills-2006-04-23 / Concerts & Sessions The Inflation Kills - April 23/2006 it's been a long time coming, but it is totally worth it, i almost promise! h...
Posted by THE INFLATION KILLS on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:44:00 PST

Hamilton Music Awards 2006

After being nominated for Best Rock Record in 2005, Adrian and Nick have been nominated for their respective instruments. Adrian has referred to himself as "a hack", whereas Nick has remained con...
Posted by THE INFLATION KILLS on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:01:00 PST

NEW RECORD!

ok, so it's not ready yet... we're honestly 1-2 ideas away though. 1) i think we have settled upon record with Ryan Mills in Toronto at the fabulous SleepyTown Sound studio. obviously, this ...
Posted by THE INFLATION KILLS on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:04:00 PST

Hamilton Music Awards

we are nominated for BEST ALTERNATIVE RECORD. thanks to everyone for their support... and the nomination which i think one of you lovers paid for... i hope it wasn't my mom! wish us luck! ...
Posted by THE INFLATION KILLS on Sun, 20 Nov 2005 02:24:00 PST

Vanny DeVito

we hereby christen, with utmost certainty, to the fullest extent of our christening powers, under the authority of the official band-van christening supremacy, our van... VANNY DeVITO ...
Posted by THE INFLATION KILLS on Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:33:00 PST

Chicago-oh

January 1: receive a call from prospective record producer Matt Talbott (exHUM) telling us that our recording was going to be delayed because his studio was flooded... instead, Matt books time for u...
Posted by THE INFLATION KILLS on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST